"It's great for us to know that we are going to be working with this group of players for the next few years - and it's also a great indicator for us as a club that these players want to stay with us, they are comfortable with us and that they know we can help them not only thrive as club players, but potentially as international players as well," he continued.

Whether Nowell will be fit for the start of the 2014-15 Premiership season is not yet known.

"We will monitor that closely, but ultimately this period will be very good for him as it will allow him to rest up, recuperate and work on an area of concern with his knee which he hasn't been able to do flat out for a few seasons now," added Baxter.

"Personally, I'm really looking forward to getting Jack back fighting fit, he's around the club most days working really hard, being very professional and I have no doubt we will see an even better Jack Nowell next year."